Watch the video and then post your comments below.LeBron James post-game press conference transcript (courtesy: NBA.comQuestion: What did you say to the Boston Celtics players when you lingered with them after the game?LeBron James: I told them, first of all, congratulations to them. They played an unbelievable series. They had a great game plan. They executed their game plan. They won the series, so I just gave them good luck on the next series and congratulated them on winning this one tonight.

Question: To what extent will the outcome this season affect where you play next season?LeBron James: I didn't play this season wondering what I was going to do in the offseason. I approached every game, every practice, every day like it was my last. I just wanted to try to get better as a leader, and as a player, every day. Never at one point, at any point, did it factor in what I'm going to do this summer.

Question: That still didn't look like you out there. You didn't go hard to the basket right-handed. To what extent were you limited by the elbow?LeBron James: I'm not going to start making excuses. I had opportunities to do thing I wanted to do, and it just didn't fall for me. I'm not using the elbow as an excuse. It might have limited me some. You hope to be 100 percent in any series. At this point in the season, I don't know if there's anybody on both teams who is 100 percent.

Question: It seemed like it limited you a lot.LeBron James: I have a lot of time to think about it now.

Question: Can you talk about your emotions after the loss and heading into the offseason?LeBron James: I have no plans at this point. I've made no plans. I wanted to continue to go into my postseason. That's what I geared myself toward. The fact that it's over right now is definitely a surprise to myself. It is what it is. A friend of mine told me today after the game that I guess you have to go through a lot of nightmares before you finally accomplish your dream. That's what's going on individually for myself right now.

Question: How will you approach the summer, now that your contract is coming up?LeBron James: We'll approach this summer with the right mindset. My team will approach it the right way, but I haven't really thought about it right now. I'm still trying to figure out what went wrong this series and things that we did right. We'll see what happens.

Question: Was there anything more wrong with the elbow than has been let on?LeBron James: No.Question: Fans in Cleveland are going to be in serious panic mode about the future. What do you say to them?LeBron James: Just like I said, I'm going to approach this summer with the right mindset. Me and my team is going to figure out what's the best possibility for me. I love the city of Cleveland, of course—the city, the fans. It was a disappointing season, to say the least. But at the same time, we had a great time together. We'll see what happens.

Question: Do you think this team can be a contender again?LeBron James: I don't know. I really don't know everyone's contract situation. But we have a great team, a really good team, and we played hard all year. We just didn't quite figure it out. (We) didn't play consistent basketball. That's why we're at this point and Boston is moving on. For the most part, as a team we all get along … we had a great year.

Question: A lot of the questions are about where you're going, but are you still trying to figure out why this happened?LeBron James: It's the only thing I can think about: the season being over. You have high expectations going into the postseason. You never can predict the future. But at the same time, you hope for things much brighter than what's going on right now. As an individual, I'm going to continue to get better through the offseason—like I always do. And I'll come back a better player next season. I'll still have the same goals.

Question: What went wrong in this series?LeBron James: I think Boston, first of all, had a great game plan. The coaching staff had a great game plan. They tried to keep us on the perimeter as much as possible. They've got a lot of veteran players who have been in postseason games. They all bought into their system. It worked for them. I think we had opportunities to win the game. But we didn't execute for 48 minutes, or as close as was possible, every game. When you don't do that against a very good, experienced team that's been around the block more than once, you can definitely end up on the losing side.

Question: What did you think about the Cavaliers' game plan?LeBron James: We had good game plans going into the game. I think sometimes we could have made some better adjustments throughout the course of the game. … Tonight was a game that we fought hard, but when you turn over the ball as much as we did, give up 27 points off turnovers, it's very difficult. But tonight we left it on the court.

Question: What will your mindset be this summer?LeBron James: First of all, I want to win. That's my only thing, my only concern. I've also always prided myself on becoming a better basketball player individually and then taking it onto the court. This is all about winning for me, and I think the Cavs are committed to that. But at the same time, I'll give myself options at this point. Like I said, me and my team—we have a game plan we're going to execute. We'll see what we're at.

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